A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
LUMINOUS METEORS. 
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and its Duration. 
ike two pillars on the 
top of the house. 
When it disappeared, 
it seemed to move for- 
ward and to sink down 
below the roof. The in- 
teriors of the rooms were 
plainly visible from the 
outside by the diffused 
light. 
‘ith long tail like a rocket 
ppearance; Train, ifany,| Length of 
Path. 
2 extraordinary luminous 
) appearance. 
eball 
golden - coloured 
Tail _ silvery, 
vaporous, full of amber- 
coloured sparks from 
one side of the sky to 
he other; lasted a few 
seconds; much ex- 
ed at first, send- 
off sparks at a 
pod height like foun- 
in jets from the 
in column of the 
ight; then decreased 
, Left a 
the first, 
emaining overhead 
€n minutes, becoming 
igzag. 
seen eeeeeeeeees 
Direction ; noting also 
whether Horizontal, 
Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
Fell perpendicularly ... 
N. to S. 
Course directed towards 
the E. 
pretty low down and 
N.E. to S.W. Appeared|Tail very extraordinary. 
‘Intensely dark night. It 
sun had not yet set. 
Remarks. 
was also seen 6 miles 
from this, _ lasting 
apparently half a 
minute. ? Aurora. 
The moon greatly di- 
minished in bright- 
ness. 
entirely 
Wind S.E. 
A similar meteor ob- 
served in France. 
overcast. 
Silent.  Providentially 
no person received 
any hurt. 
resembling thunder. 
Seen also at Durham, 
passed exactly over-- Dundee, Sheffield 
head. Set below the (Dr. Dick). 
horizon. 
Rose vertically .......... Many persons observed 
the trail of light, 
which was like a rent 
in the blue sky. The 
Sky almost) - 
Observer. 
Annual Register, 
1761. 
M. Messier, As- 
tronomer at 
Paris. 
Annual Register, 
1763. 
Id. 
. Was attended with noise Annual Register 
1769. 
E. Collins. 
